WESTMINSTER, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—August 27, 2008—
Noran Engineering, Inc. (NEi) announced that effective August 27 it will
be changing the company name to NEi Software. “The
name change was instituted to better convey to our business audience who
we are and what our core business is,”
commented Dave Weinberg, CEO. “NEi Software is
a global leader in the development of Nastran engineering analysis and
simulation software which we market, sell, and support worldwide to a
broad-base of industries via direct and indirect sales channels.”

NEi Software’s core product NEi Nastran Finite
Element Analysis (FEA) solver works with all major pre and post
processors. NEi Software sells, supports, and conducts training for Femap®
by Siemens PLM Software and its own in house brands NEiFusion™
and NEiWorks™ for SolidWorks®.
NEi Software has led the industry with a number of technical and
business initiatives. NEiFusion and NEiWorks broke down long standing
barriers between designers and analysts by providing a Nastran tool for
the design stage that was easy-to-use, highly accurate, and shared
results with analysts. Moreover, they provided a single platform growth
path for designers and new FEA users to more sophisticated analysis
using an industry proven Nastran platform. NEi Software continues to
develop new technologies that make engineering simulation more practical
and feasible by reducing the time, cost, and effort required while
improving the real world fidelity of virtual testing. The most recent
examples include: Automated Impact Analysis (AIA™)
for drop testing, Automated Surface Contact Generation (ASCG™)
for modeling assemblies and shell like structures common in aircraft,
ships and automotive, Progressive Ply Failure Analysis (PPFA™)
for in depth analysis of composite structures, and Design Optimization
which finds solutions to problems that have competing parameters. On the
business side, NEi Software’s Token Licensing
System provides flexibility, accessibility, and economy in widespread
operations by allowing a pool of users to share a central Nastran based
software portfolio.

NEi Software has been proven in applications in aerospace, automotive,
maritime, petroleum, medical, and consumer products. Companies gain a
globally competitive product development process that promotes
innovation, improves quality, and cuts time to market while delivering
designs with the best manufacturing costs.